LEARNING OUTCOMES
Starting Up is an introductory level course about the central features of founding and running a startup company. The course is targeted for all students who want to learn more about the topic, regardless of their background and experience.
The course will provide the student with an understanding of the basics of entrepreneurship. To facilitate the thinking of starting a business, the students will sketch their own Not-a-Business-Plan an outline of what their own business could look like by applying the tools presented in the course.
Objectives
After completing the course, the student
- can describe how startups differ from other types of companies
- can name the typical phases of building a startup
- can identify and state a problem that could serve a basis for a startup
- knows how to validate such a problem
- is familiar with the typical phases in identifying a product-market fit
- is familiar with the phases of the fundraising process and the differences between different funding
- instruments
- can create the outline of a business plan
Credits: 2
Schedule: 07.08.2023 - 31.12.2023
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Lauri Järvilehto
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Different types of entrepreneurship, startup-phase as a particular form of entrepreneurship, recognizing, defining and validating a problem, creating a solution, customer need as basis for entrepreneurship, understanding product-market fit, building a team, starting a company, fundraising, venture capital as a form of funding, venture growth.
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I - Summer
2023-2024 Autumn I - SummerEnrollment :
Registration for Courses: Registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).